MEPSO

North Macedonia's fragile coalition government can now breathe a bit easier with the support of 64 MPs in the 120-seat parliament, following an agreemeent clinched with the four MPs of the Alternative party.

The Prime Minister and Social Democratic Party leader, Zoran Zaev, and the head of Alternative, Aftim Gashi, signed the deal on Saturday.

North Macedonia on Tuesday declared a "state of crisis" over energy for the next 30 days, empowering the state to intervene financially to help the two state-owned joint stock power companies, ESM and MEPSO, import more electricity from abroad.